Police panel pick to stay on as Seattle chief

Kathleen O’Toole was announced as chair of the commission on the future of policing last week

Kathleen O’Toole

The government’s hand-picked choice to review Irish policing will continue working as police chief in Seattle.

It’s unclear how the government expects Kathleen O’Toole to chair the landmark commission on the future of policing in Ireland, given that there is an eight-hour time difference between Seattle and Dublin, and no direct flights.

O’Toole was announced as the chair of the commission on the future of policing last week, after it emerged that gardaí ...